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              <text>&lt;p&gt;M&lt;em&gt;ol&lt;/em&gt;to Rev&lt;em&gt;erend&lt;/em&gt;o in &lt;em&gt;Cristo&lt;/em&gt; Padre&lt;/p&gt;&#13;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Pax Christi&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#13;
&lt;p&gt;Da molti anni io sento in me gagliardissimi desiderii di dedicarmi alle Missioni. I miei P&lt;em&gt;adri&lt;/em&gt; Spirituali e Superiori, ai quali apersi questi miei desiderii mi consigliarono sempre a secondarli, a coltivarli.&lt;/p&gt;&#13;
&lt;p&gt;Alla Cina in modo particolare essi son rivolti, e specialmente coll'intento di aprire una via ai nostri fra la classe colta, e cosi venir a combattere con più efficacia l'errore fin alla sua radice; metodo per lo più praticato dai nostri Missionarii, specialmente dell'antica Compagnia.&lt;/p&gt;&#13;
&lt;p&gt;A quest'effetto mi son deciso di scrivere a V&lt;em&gt;ostra&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;P&lt;em&gt;aternità&lt;/em&gt; M&lt;em&gt;olto&lt;/em&gt; R&lt;em&gt;everenda&lt;/em&gt; per supplicarla a mandarmi alla Cina per far quivi la Teologia. Lo studiare i sistemi filosofici e religiosi di quel paese, e l'averne facili alla mano le confutazioni, l'abituarsi a quegli usi ed a quelle esuberanti etichette; lo impararne la difficilissima lingua, sono fatiche lunghe e tali da spossare facilmente l'animo od il corpo, o l'uno e l'altro insieme [in] segno da non poter poi imprendere con ardore quelle opere di conversione, alle quali, tali mezzi venivano ordinati. E certamente una fredda esposizione della verità non è sufficiente a mutare le idee religiose, a togliere i pregiudizii di molti secoli, ed a sterpare dal cuore vizj direi nazionali; ma bisogna che la verità sia esposta con energia; e questo, specialmente in una lingua straniera, ed assai difficile, non può conseguirsi quando si abbia già l'animo od il corpo snervato dagli anni, o sopraccarico di armi inutili.&lt;/p&gt;&#13;
&lt;p&gt;Ed è fondato su queste ragioni che io prego V&lt;em&gt;ostra&lt;/em&gt; P&lt;em&gt;aternità&lt;/em&gt; di farmi studiare la Teologia nella Cina stessa. Durante il corso imparerei facilmente la lingua del paese, gli usi, e le costumanze loro, e quel che più importa vedrei i bisogni, especialmente gli errori quivi dominanti per dispormi e prepararmi armi proprie a tal genere di battaglia.&lt;/p&gt;&#13;
&lt;p&gt;Quanto al modo di effettuare quanto le esposi, a V&lt;em&gt;ostra&lt;/em&gt; P&lt;em&gt;aternità&lt;/em&gt; non mancano provvedimenti, e se dovessi dire il mio sentimento, mi pare che basterebbe che V&lt;em&gt;ostra&lt;/em&gt; P&lt;em&gt;aternità&lt;/em&gt; mi unisse con qualcuno di que' Padri che già vi sono, a cui potessi ricorrere per farmi spianare qualche difficoltà nello studio della Teologia.&lt;/p&gt;&#13;
&lt;p&gt;Io prego frattanto il divinissimo Cuor di Gesù di cui oggi celebriamo la festa, ad inspirare a V&lt;em&gt;ostra&lt;/em&gt; P&lt;em&gt;aternità&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;quello che sarà di maggior sua gloria&lt;/p&gt;&#13;
&lt;p&gt;di V&lt;em&gt;ostra&lt;/em&gt; P&lt;em&gt;aternità&lt;/em&gt; M&lt;em&gt;olto&lt;/em&gt; R&lt;em&gt;everenda&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#13;
&lt;p&gt;Affez&lt;em&gt;ionatissim&lt;/em&gt;o ed obbed&lt;em&gt;ientissi&lt;/em&gt;mo in &lt;em&gt;Cristo&lt;/em&gt; Figlio&lt;/p&gt;&#13;
&lt;p&gt;Luigi Garda S&lt;em&gt;ocietatis &lt;/em&gt;I&lt;em&gt;esu&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#13;
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